1. Religious Scapegoats in Shirley Jackson's The Lottery
Stoning is known to be one of the oldest and most common forms of execution while it is also one of the most symbolic. ... In addition, the story of Jesus in where he stopped a stoning with the words "He who is without sin cast the first stone " (John 8:7) is one everyone knows, at least indirectly. ... In both biblical text and the setting of the story, stoning was the "norm " in the given societies. ... However, Jesus spoke one of the most simple, but powerful passages in all of history in stating, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. " (John 8:7) One by one each person in the ...
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